Screen hanger



H. C. HIPOLITO.

SCREEN HANGER.

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1,41 1 784 Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

HAZEL CLARK HIPOLITO, LOS .ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Ap'plication filed July 25,

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

a screen hanger described in the application of David E. Hipolito, now deceased, Serial No. 567308, filed June 16, 1910, wherein is shown a bracket'consisting ot a fiat plate'having a main body, an upwardly and outwardly projecting supporting arm having, a notch in its base at its upper edge and a retaining arm extending over the plate and having a notch in its under edge above the level of the notched base oi": the supporting arm; said supporting arm extend ing above the level of the under edge of the retaining arm; said bracket'being applicable to either side of a window opening so that the bracket does not have to be made in two forms for rights and lofts.

The present invention relates to a hanger adapted for use with a bracket member such as just described, and appertains particularly to a pintle member adapted to be constructed as a mate to such a bracket member.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel and superior pintle member of on treme simplicity, lightness, strength and cheapness which is adapted to co-operate with the bracket member shown in said patent application.

An important object of this invention is to form the pintle member, including a round smooth pintle and a single fiatettaching body from one form of stamping instead of constructing the pintle member of asocketed flat "fastening body anda driven-in peg as in the original, invention shown; in application, Serial 150 567308; and this object is attained in all of the terms herein shown whether in right and left forms, in duplex pintle "form or in the form so bent as to do away with the rights and left-s as hereinafter more fully set forth.

An object oi? the'invention is to provide alight, cheap, easily constructed andeasily applied hanger-that is not only adapted for hanging window screens. but also-tor hanging a single wi dow sash in small windows,

Specification of Letters Fatenn Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

1916. Serial No. 111,243.

where, instead of a stationary or casement window the sash may be hung in place like a screen and fastened just as securely yet allowmg the sash to be taken out for washmg.

An important feature of this whole invention asshown in said application of David E. Hipolito and also as shown herein is to provide for fitting and hanging the screen from inside the building so as to avoid loss of time, and to minimize the labor and inconvenience of fitting. and hanging the screens, and also to insure greater safety for the workingman in case of screens or windows above the first story.

It is understood that the hanger may be applied to any situation and use for which it may be adapted.

Said hanger for hanging a window screen requires two sets of hinge-like mates or members and includes two of said bracket 1 me abers and two pintle members. The pin tle members in said application, unlike the bracket members, are constructed as rights and leits. An object of the invention in one of its forms is to construct all the pintle members from one form of stamping and to avoid the necessity of constructing the pintle members as rights and lofts.

Although this new hanger member is preferably made oi sheet metal bent to form a reinforcement and lateral pintle, I do not limit it to the bent sheet metal construction for it may be simulated bya malleable casting in which a cylindrical edge extension of a flat attaching body constitutes a pintle to catch on and rotate in the hanger brack t, and such casting may also have the reinforcement alined with said lateral cylindrical. edge extension. It is not necessary to illustrate all the forms nor the materials of the embodiment of this invention.

An object of the invention is to make provision whereby a workman standing inside a building can easily hang a screen without any gaging, countersinking or mortising, and which canbe thus used on recessed ettects in brick or concrete building as well as on flush surfaces and whereby, when the screen is mounted, it iseasily removable by a person inside the building and is easily replaced in like manner.

in important feature of the invention in this respect is found in the specific construc tion of the pintle member wherein the pintle F as is heldwith its axis practically in the same plane with the flat face of the frame to which it is attached. 7

Other objects, advantages and features of invention, may appear from the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detail description and the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hanger constructed in accordance with this invention in two forms and assembled and applied. to a window screen, which is shown mounted in a building and swung partly open. The building is broken to contract the view and to expose parts that would otherwise be hidden.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the pintle members of the hanger detached.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of said pintle members.

4 is a side view of a stamping from Fi 9 is a side elevation of the pintle mem er shown in Fig. '8.

Fi 10 is a side view of a stamping from whic the form of duplex pintle member shown in Figs. 8 and 9 may-be struck or bentu Eacii pintle member of the hanger comprises a sheet metal plate having a single fiat body or attaching portion 1 and being widened at one end to form an integral edge extension 2; the portion of the plate adja cent the extension being bent to form a rib or lip 3 and the edge extension 2 of the widened part of said body being bent into approximately cylindrical form to constitute the terminal pintle 2'. V

The rib or lip 3 constitutes a stiffening reinforcement for the plate adjacent the pintle 2' and also affords a projection to be tapped by the hammer of the workman for the purpose, sometimes of adjusting the pintle members on inside screens as hereinafter particularly set forth.

Said rib and the flat unbent portion or body I afford together a strong support and brace for the pintle constituted by the cylindrically bent edge extension 2'.

The flat body 1 isvirtually in the same plane as, or radial to the produced axis of the cylindrical pintle extension 2', and is adapted to be fastened o a screen frame either of said pintle members may or other body and is shown perforated to receive fastening means; said fiat body or plate being longitudinally slotted at 5 for the reception of an adjusting pin or screw 6 and perforated with the end hole 7 to receive the fastening pin 9, which may be a screw, a nail or a tack.

The perforations are preferably alined with each other ,at the mid-width of the platebody 1, so that the fastening means 6 and 9 can" have maximum efiicienc to hold the plate when said means are ful y driven into the screen frame 10. j p

In practical manufacture, stampings of the character shown in Fig. 4 are struck from some suitable sheet material such as sheet steel having a. desired thickness; and the broader. end is bentover and the portion 2 is bent into cylindrical form. The body 1 is made practically radial t0 the produced axis of the pintle in the form ihown in Figs. 2-5, and at the right of i .1.

n the form shown in Fig. 6 some of the stampings are turned over at the broader portion in one direction to form a projection 33 on one side of the plate land the other stampings are turned over at the broader portion in the other direction to form such projection on the other side of the plate, thus forming rights and lefts.

The edgeextension 2 of each pintle member is preferably spun to a cylindrical form substantially shown at 2' in Figs. 1, 2, 3, .3, 6, 7,8and 9. a

In the operation of spinning or bending the pintle into cylindrical form the metal is swaged or bent gradually aslant from the rib or lip 3 to the pintle 2 as indicated at 11, thus addin to the rigidity of the pintle member, %3y the means stated a practically strong screen hanger or hinge is made from sheet metal of comparatively light weight. j

The pintle members shown in Fig. 6 must be assembled in pairs as they are rights and 'lefts and it requires a pair for each hinge. The hinge is completed by adding to said pair two bracket members 4 of the character set forth in the patent application hereinbefore referred to.

In the form shown in Figs. 2, 3, 5' and I 9 the pintle members may be applied to either side of the screen and there is no need of selecting or pairing the parts.

In practical use the workman will first apply the bracket members 4 of a hanger to the sides of the opening into which the screen is to be hung, and will fasten said bracket members in place against the sides of said opening, and then he will apply the two pintle members of the hanger to the screen or other frame 10 to be hung in said opening and will adjustably fasten each of said pintle members by a pin that may be a screw 6 inserted through the slot 5 about centrally of the body 1.

When both of the pintle members have thus been applied to the frame and ad ustably secured thereon by the screw 6 the workman inside, who, by using the hanger, is enabled to do the work by fitting the screen from inside the building. can. put the screen through the opening and while holding the screen can readily place the pintle members in the appropriate position in the brackets and then close the screen and adjust it to the opening by tapping the edges of the frame above or below the screen wire sheet with a hammer.

When both pintle members have thus been applied to the screen and properly adjusted, the screw 6 may be securely re-tightened and the fastened clinching screw, nail, or tack 9 may be driven home. Then the screen is ready to be permanently hung and pintles 2 may be inserted into the brackets 4 previously fastened to the window frame or casing in the usual way as above stated. Said nails in brackets 4 may be screws or pins coated previously with cement so as to give the fastening great security against coming loose. I

In the double pintle form, shown in Fig. 9, the pintles are in alinement with each other, the back a. of each pintle is flat, and the added pintle will lie against the screen frame when the pintle member is in place, and will not be in the way.

In the form shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 the rib 3 or swell 12 projects slightly beyond the plane of the face of the body 1, but may be impressed into the surface of the screen when finally fastened; or if not so impressed will not be obnoxious to good appearance as its protrusion from the surface of the body 1 is not great.

It is thus seen that I have provided a onepiece pivot member adapted to be fastened to a screen or window frame or the like for hanging said window frame by a workman standing inside the building, said pivot member having a cylindrical pintle and the screen being easily hung without any gagmg, countersinking or mortising,and which The screen when mounted as set forth is easily removable by a person inside the building by sim ily adjusting it into the position shown in ig. 1 and then lifting it so as to bring the pintles 2 out through the mouth of the bracket. The screen may be replaced with equal ease and facility as may be understood from the foregoing.

I claim 1. A hinge member comprising a flat body and end extensions forming pintles the extensions being cylindrical and the body being bent between the extensions to form a reinforcement.

2. A hinge member comprising a plane faced attaching body, edge extensions forming and terminating in pintles, and a reinforcement between said pintles, said pintles being cylindrical and integral with the reinforcement and in alinement with each other.

3. In a screen hanger, a fiat plate one edge of which extends at right angles be yond the plate body in one or both directions and in the same plane, the extended portion and the edges of the plate between them being bent into tubular form, the middle portion being adapted to reinforce the plate, and the extended portion adapted to act as pintles of a hinge.

4. In a screen hanger, a plate having one of its edges over-turned to reinforce said plate, said reinforcement extending acutely beyond the yertical edge of the plate to form a tubular pintle; and a out between the pintle and the reinforcement to allow the reinforcement to be pressed flatter than the pintle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at San Francisco, California, this 17th day of July, 1916.

HAZEL CLARK HIPOLITO.

In resence of-- O. M. HART, M. SHANNON. 

